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Josh Capon
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Name
Josh Capon
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Specialty
Seafood, Award-winning Hamburger

Josh Capon has stated that he's always had a love for food, as both his parents were very good cooks. His first job was in a restaurant at the age of 14, and ever since then all his jobs have been in restaurants. After 2 years at University of Maryland, he left to enroll in the Johnson & Wales cooking school in Rhode Island. He was selected as a culinary intern of sorts at Charlie Palmer's acclaimed Manhattan restaurant "Aureole," and after his graduation in 1994 he began work for Palmer full-time. He then spent three years as executive chef at Manhattan's ritzy SoHo restaurant "Canteen." Capon is currently chef, host, party planner and the public face of "Lure" fishbar in New York City.

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Television Career[]

  • Competed in a 'Burger-off' on "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon."
  • Guest judge on the Food Network Series "Chopped"
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